Bigger, BADDER, Brisbane! Brisbane Art Design (BAD) is back in 2021 and Metro Arts is part of the program.
Get ready to explore Brisbane’s creative neighbourhoods with BRISBANE ART DESIGN, from 7 – 30 May 2021. With a focus on art + design across the city, BAD 2021 promises an expansive program of tours, talks, workshops and exhibitions.
An initiative of the Museum of Brisbane (MoB ), BAD champions the movers and shakers of the Brisbane art and design community, and spotlights our thriving cultural identity through the places, histories and climate that bring our collective creativity to the fore.
Explore the Metro Arts’ program below | View the full BAD program here.
OPEN STUDIO: HELLE COOK
6 -9 MAY | FERRYMAN’S HUT
Take a turn around the Riverbend to Ferryman’s Hut where Helle Cook draws on the atmospheric and affecting presence of the hut.
Bridging The In-Between
8 – 30 MAY / EXHIBITION
Bridging the In-between explores the intersections of meteorology, technology and spatiotemporal experience.
Ambit
8 – 30 MAY / EXHIBITION
Parallel Park (Tay Haggarty and Holly Bates) present a new video work continuing their ongoing interest in queer formations of intimacy and collaboration.
Co-existing Pollinators
8 – 30 MAY / EXHIBITION
A series of outdoor installations exploring bees and humans that will leave you positively buzzing.
LIGHT AFFECTION
15 + 16 – MAY | FERRYMAN’S HUT
Helle’s exhibition Light Affection will invigorate Ferryman’s Hut with ephemeral installations through a lens of light and sensory experience
ARTIST TALK: HELLE COOK
16 MAY | FERRYMAN’S HUT
Dive a little deeper into Light Affection with this artist talk by Helle Cook.
OPEN STUDIO: AARON CHAPMAN
29 – 30 MAY | NORMAN PARK SUBSTATION
Join Aaron Chapman in the studio and explore his new body of work, A Wet Finger to the Wind.
OPEN AIR: TORIN FRANCIS + WARRABA WEATHERALL + LILY WHITAKER
30 MAY / TALK
An informal catchup with artists Torin Francis, Warraba Weatherall and Lily Whitaker.